On our return from Botswana we spent the weekend in the hills NE of Atlanta. Nice and interesting country. Had sent my 1 wt ahead to GA so I ended up spending a couple three hours chasing trout in Smith Creek. I emphasize chasing, as nobody chased any fly I flung. San Juan worms, nymphs, dries. But, I did see so nice trout in some of the runs.

Interesting management plan there. Many stream get too warm in the summer. Smith Creek is in a vet popular State Park. They stock it in the Fall and it is C&R/lures until May, when it opens to C&K before the water gets too warm. In another nearby park they have a quality section, limited to 5 rods per day by reservation. Plenty of smaller creeks with wild fish of one is willing to walk a bit.

I should add, all walk and wade.